A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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examen, m., examination;
d' aptitude physique, physical examination;
d' entree, entrance examination;
de sortie, graduation or final examination.
excfident, m., excess;
de temps, (sport, man.) exceeding of time
limit.
excentrage, m. state of , being, operation of putting,
out of center (e. g., in a lathe).
excentrique, m., eccentric;
d' orientation, (mach. gun) setting eccentric.
execs, m., excess;
de pouvoir, excess of authority.
excitateur, m., (elec.) exciter;
exerclce, m., exercise;
s sur la carte, (mil.) war game;
I' estclos, (adm.) budgetary accounts are
closed;
s de combat, (mil.) combat drill (drill in cases
that arise in attack and defense);
d'evolution, (mil.) drill to develop suppleness
and rapidity of maneuver; development drill;
s d'
instruction, (t. p.) preliminary training;
s de mine, (mil. min.) mining maneuvers;
de ravitaillement, (mil.) maneuver to test or
apply a supply system; supply maneuver.
exploitation, f., exploitation; (mil.) (of information)
circulation, transmission, despatch to
interested parties;
tactique du succes, (mil.) operation of clinching
a success, of following it up;
face, f., face; headlight (rare); (trench art.) end sill
(of a mortar platform, e. g., 240 L. T.):
A droile (gauche), (mil.) right (left) face (command
and movement).
facteur, m., agent, postman;
distributeur, postman,- mail carrier, (U. S.).
fagot, m., fagot;
d'allumage, kindling wood.
faini,f., hunger;
rester sur la , to be kept hungry, (e. g., of a
carrier pigeon, away from his station or nome).
faire, v. t., to do, make;
du n, (auto.) to do n kilometers per hour,
f aisceaii, m., sheaf of light, beam; (art.) shea'f of
fire (from the guns of a battery); (pont.) bundle
(of ropes);
deplacer le , (art.) to transfer the sheaf;
divergent, divergent beam;
fermer le , (art.) to close the sheaf;
former le , (art.) to form the sheaf (by echelonning
elevations);
ouvrir le , (art.) to open the sheaf;
lumineux, luminous sheaf, beam;
parallele, parallel beam;
des plans de tir, (art.) sheaf of fire.
fait, m.,fact;
s divers, (in newspapers) minor news, gossip,
personal notes.
familiarise, a., familiarized;
avec, (man.) "wise."
famille, f., family;
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militaire, (in military newspapers, heading
of a column) personal news, personals.
familier, a., familiar; trusting, fearless, (e. g., carrier
pigeons, with respect to then- keepers).
Canion, m., flag, color;
neutralise (mil. med.) Red Cross flag of a hospital
unit.
farine, f., flour;
dure, winter wheat flour;
tendre, spring wheat flour.
fatigue, a., (art.) worn (of a gun, after much firing).
fauchage, m., (art., mach. gun) sweeping fire;
en direction, sweeping fire;
double, (art.) double sweeping (successive
rounds separated by six turns of handwheel);
en portec, searching (in depth);
exploitation troupes d' tactique du succes
(mil.) troops detailed to clinch, to follow up a
success.
exploiter, v. t. , to exploit; (mtt.) (of information) to
circulate, transmit, send to interested parties;
un succes tactique, (mil.) to follow up a tactic? 1
success.
exploration, f., (mil.) exploration;
& petite distance, (mil.) exploration after contact.
exploseur, m., (elec.) exploder;
d magneto, dynamo-electric exploder;
& pile, battery exploder.
explosif, m v (expl.) explosive;
chimique, chemical explosive (e. g., the
picrates);
mecanique, mechanical explosive (e. g.,
black powder);
mixte, mixed explosive (e. g., dynamite).
explosion, f., (mach.) explosion; power stroke;
par influence v. sympathique.
extenseur, m., (aero.) rubber shock absorber.
extfirieur,a., foreign, out-of-doors (of riding, sports,
& I'
, in foreign parts;
Equitation -e, (man.) riding out-of-doors,
cross-country work;
politique e , foreign politics.
extra-courant, m., (elec.) extra current.
de rupture, extra current.
fauchage simple, (art.) sweeping proper (successive
rounds separated by three turns of
handwheel )'.
tir de , mowing fire.
faucher, v. t., to mow; (art., etc.) to mow, sweep,
by fire;
double, (art.) to sweep broad (six turns between
rounds);
double (simple) par n, (art.) to sweep n
turns between rounds;
simple, (art.) to sweep (three turns between
rounds).
fausse-cale, m., (mil slang.) nonmobilizable man.
fausser, v. t., to distort, spring, get out of shape.
fauteuil, f.. arm chair; (fig.) chair of a committee
(i. e., chairman); chair, i. e., membership, in
the French Academy.
fauteuil-lit, m., (r. r.) sleeping chair.
faux, a., false; dummy;
malade,'(mil.) malingerer.
faux-chassis, m., (auto.) false frame, under frame.
federal, a., (in Europe) Swiss;
armee e, Swiss Army ;
colonel , colonel of the Swiss Army.
femelle, a., female; (mach.) female.
fenStre, f., window, opening;
d'ejection, (mach. gun, etc.) ejection opening;
h guillotine, (cons.) sash, (window);
objectif, (mil.) objective opening (trench
periscope);
oculaire, (mil) eye opening (trench periscope)
;
de visee, (art.) aperture (of a gun shield).
fente,f.,slit;
d'observation (mil.) observing slit.
fer, m.,iron;
an de . a year in irons (punishment);
cornier e, (cons.) angle iron.
fermer, v. t., to close, close down;
les gaz, (auto., aero.) to throttle down.
ferrfc, a., iron bound, shod; (hipp.) shod,
ferrure, f., ironwork; (in pi.) fittings.
feu, fire;
d'attenissage, (aero.) landing flare;
conduite du , (art.) choice of proper procedure
(mecanisme) (by the captain);